Hay-press.



G. E. WARREN.

HAY PRESS.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 23, 1907.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

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G. E. WARREN.

HAY PRESS.

APPLICATION mum 1:20.23, 1907.

909,974. Patented Jan. 19. 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFioE.

HAY-FEE 83.

Specification of Letters Petent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Application filed Deeamber 23. 1907. Berta] No. 407,806.

To all "whom. it may coneem:

Be it known that l. (inns l). \Vmunx. a citizel'i of the l'nited States.residing at Hartford. in the county of \'an Huren and htatcot'Michigarnhave invented certain new and useful Improvements inHay-Presses. of which the following is a speciliizatimi.

This invention relates to binding attachments for presses whereby anynumber of wires may be bound or tied around the compressed bales ofcotton, straw. excelsior or like material formed in the cou'ipressor.and consists of certain novel features of construction. combination andarrangement of parts. as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals designate like parts throughout the several views.Figure 1 is a side elevation of a. hay press fitted with my improvedbinding mechanism, Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof, partly brokenHWflYuFlg'. 3 is an elevation of the opposite side. to that illustratedin Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section. taken on the line 4-4- of Fig.1, Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of parts tobe hereinafter specificallydeseribed. Fig. 6 is a fragmental sectional view of parts to be.hereinafter specitlcally described, Fig. 7 is a perspective view of thelower portion of the operating lever, and Fig. 8 is a. perspective viewof one of the wire end holders.

[n the practical embodiment of this invention, my attachment is securedto a press A, of any desired construction. but preferably formed with abailing chamber B in which a plunger (3 is reciprocated by means of apitman and crank-rod secured to a. suitable driving wheel. the wholebeing supported upon suitable standards E.

The wires. used in tying the bales, are wound upon spools fi'which aresupported in position upon lnaclt'ets 6 placed on one side of the pressA. ny desired number of these wires may be employed for binding bales ofvaried sizes. the corresponding number of brackets and spools beingplaced one below the. other on the same side of the press and spacedapart.

The wire-carryiiw mechanism consists of a. rotatable internal y to)t'hed ring 7 held in position by guide wheels 8 at the four corners ofa su )porting frame 9 secured below the baling o amber B. Upon this ring7 is mounted an upright pin 10 grooved as at 11, to receive the wiresfrom the spools 5 and by l the rotation of ring 7. to carry them through1 vertical slots l2 and lit cut opposite etlcli other in both s'ltltn ofthe balinwchamber ll. the wire catching automatically Upon suitablell(ll(lll\' I-lon the far side of the ress where they are held upon thereturn 0? pin lll to its original posititm. the slots 15 being cut inthe bottom and side of the press to allow free movement of said inwires. Meshing with the iuternally-toot ed ring 7 1 is a pinion l (see lig. 5) keyed on a vertical shaft 17 which is sup o'rted upon the side ofthe billing-chamber ii the bracket 18 which shaft is squared at itsupper end to receive a crank or lever. Keyed upon this shaft l7 abovepinion H: is a smaller pinion '18 which may be rotated bythe movement ofa rat-lobar lSl engaging therewith, said raclnlnubeing adapted toreciprm'ate upon a platform ill supported upon the side of the press bya plurality of brackets 21 and braces 22. A guide ha r 23 likewisesupported by braces 22 prevents lateral movement of said rack bar. blockor strip 24 is secured to the up )0! surface of IM'lt ha r 19 a shortdistance from its extremity and a small block 25 is eccentricallymounted in a central 0 n' ing 26 cut through said rack-bar, said b ock.55 resting in a recess 37 in the platform 20 when said rack-bar is notin motion. as will be hereinafter further explained. Attached to theshaft of the driveovheel employed in operating the compressor mechanismis a crsn|:rod.28 to which is pivotally secured a pitman '39. saidpitmau being guided in its movenu-uts by a wrist-pin 30 at its oppositeend reciprocating between metallic guide bars ill and 32. These guidebars are fastened at one end to a bracket 33 extending out from the sideof the press and are spaced apart from each other by suitable thimbles34. the upper guide bars 31 being secured at its opposite end to a block35 formed with an inclined portion 36 and resting lightly upon rack bar19. The lower guide bar 32 is shorter than the upper bar 31 and restsupon the st rip 2+ and the block 35, from which position it may beraised by throwing the lever 37 forward. the motion being transmittedfrom the handleof the lever through the vertical rod 38. the angular bar39 and the angular bar 40 secured midway said bar 19. the bent port-ion41 resting directly beneath the guide bar 32.

The operation of the device is as follows:

The material, hay, st raw, exoelsior, eta, is

con'ipressed by the lunger (J actuated by suitable driving medhanism andis retained in the baling chamber B awaitin the formation of a secondbale which wil push out the first bale in the well known manner. ()nstarting the press the wires used in tying the bales are brought fromspools 5 through slots 12 and 13 and secured upon holders 14.

Th bale in forming will then come in contact with the wires and as theare free at one end, but fast at the other t 1e wires will follow thecontour of ti e bale, as shown in Fig. When a bale isformed of the sizedesired the handle of the lever 37 is moved and by its connecting rodsraises the lower metallic guide bar 32, so that the wrist pin 30 uponpitman 29, which has previously been idly reci rocating between guidebars 31 and 32, is a lowed to descend the inclined portion 36 of block35 and come in contact with the stri 24 upon rack bar 19, thusreciprocating t e rack bar. Upon the movement of the rack bar 19 thesmall block 25 is pulled out of the recess 27 and by its co centricmounting is raised upon the surface of rack bar 19, thus affording acontact piece for the wrist pin 30 to return said rack bar to itsoriginal position. The block 25 dro )s by gravity into recess 27 whendirect y above the same on its return and allows wrist pin 30 to ascendthe inclined portion and reenter the space between the guide bars.The'forward movement of rack bar 19 will revolve pinion 1% with which itmeshes, and revolving with said pinion 1 shaft 17 and pinion 16 willrotate the internally, toothed ring 7, said ring carrying the uprightpin 10 which, engagin; the wires from spools Ii, will carry them in adouble line (see Fl 2) across the front of the bale formed in t e balingchamber the wires be ing caught automatically by the holders 14. whilethe pin 10 and the ring 7 are returned to their original position as therack bar 19 makes its backward movement. The wires now encircle the baleand are removed from the holders and tied by the operator. Since thewires are carried to the holders in a. dollble line, it is evident thatwhen cut one length they will secure the bale in the baling chamberwhile the other will be in readiness to bind the subsequently formedbale.

\Vhile the elements employed are well ada ted to serve the functionsspecified, it is evidiant that minor changes may be made in theconstruct ion, arrangement and combination of parts without departingfrom the spirit and scope of this invention as set forth in the appendedclaims.

lluving described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination, with a. baling'press, of a wire-binding device,comprising a rotatable ring provided with a wire-carrying pin grooved toreceive a plurality of wires, means actuated by the compressingmechanism for rotating said ring and means for throwing said first namedmeans in and out of operation. substantially as described.

The combination, with a tailing-press, of a. binding device comprising arotatable internally-toothed ring mounted to rotate about the bale andprovided with an upright wirecarrying pin grooved to receive a pluralityof wires, a rotatable shaft. a pair of pinions keyed thereon. one ofsaid pinions eng: ging said ring. a reciprocatory rack-bar engaging theother of said pinions, and means for connecting said raclcbar with aportion of the operating mechanism of said bailing press, subslantiallas described.

In testimony whereof atlix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

GLEN E. WARREN.

Witnesses:

H. J. Mun-minim, G. E. ANonnsoN.

